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Accessify: Latest News
Feed from Accessify.com with news on all aspects of web accessibility.
WCAG 2.0: Woeful to Wonderful in One Easy Draft?
Accessites.org article by Jack Pickard, providing a review of the latest changes to the working draft.
CNN: Web Sites are Locking out the Disabled
Office buildings have wheelchair ramps and TV has closed captioning, but many Web sites are inaccessible to people with disabilities. Things don't have to be that way.
All About Access
A weblog about web accessibility and issues involving access technology at large, including but not limited to screen readers, operating systems and productivity software.
Wikipedia: Web Accessibility
Encyclopedia article about the topic, including discussion of benefits, technology, guidelines, and legal provisions.
Google Groups: Accessible
Forum for users of Google's accessibility services to share tips on what works well and what could be made better.
Accessible Webpage Design: Resources
Site created to promote awareness about the need for accessible web design and to steer those who wish to learn more about the topic into the right direction.
Web Accessibility Survey
Some data collected on the accessibility of college and university web pages.
Searchenginewatch - Don't Disable Your Site for Handicapped Users
Article by Matt Bailey. Designers of web sites that are not accessible to disabled users are overlooking a market segment of millions of searchers and potential buyers.
Library Hi Tech Volume 20, Number 2, 2002
Special issue: Accessibility of web-based information resources for people with disabilities. Read abstracts online; pay for access to full articles.
W3 Compliant Sites
A collection of web standards compliant web sites and their designers.
IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center
By enabling human capability through innovation, the center strives to help people with disabilities maximize their potential.
Access Matters
Bob Easton searches for accessibility best practices.
Accessible Ireland
Aims to promote accessible design and enable website designers to receive feedback on their web sites from users, disabled and otherwise.
Accessify.com
Tools, links and resources on Website accessibility.
AccessifyForum.com
Discussion forum regarding site building, news, and legal issues relating to accessibility.
Accessible eLearning For All
The ALFA Project is being developed to allow educational content providers to create eLearning on any subject and in any language.
alphaWorks : aDesigner
Disability simulator software that helps Web designers ensure that their pages are accessible and usable by the visually impaired. (IBM ID required to download.)
AnitraPavka.com
Personal weblog with views on accessibility issues, news, and accessibility events.
Viewable With Any Browser
Campaign for a Non-Browser Specific WWW. Resources, more information and links about this effort.
The Alliance for Technology Access: Web Accessibility
Includes articles with many links to resources to educate and help with planning and creating accessible web pages.
Web Page Accessibility Section 508 Checklist
Checklist of Checkpoints for Web Content Accessibility Section 508 Guidelines
The Guild of Accessible Web Designers
An association of organisations and accessible web designers and developers promoting accessible web design standards.
Joeclark.org
Accessibility information and Weblogs from the writer Joe Clark
SightWeaver
SightWeaver is a tool for repairing HTML tables, to make them more accessible.
Microsoft - Accessibility
Information about Microsoft accessibility products and services.
Web Accessibility Toolbar for Opera
Browser add-on from the Web Accessibility Tools Consortium providing useful tools and validation links. Documentation and free download.
Philippine Web Accessibility Group (PWAG)
A non-profit association of web designers and advocates of web accessibility based in the Philippines. Membership information, resources, and frequently asked questions.
RNIB Web Access Centre Blog
News and announcements from the UK's Royal National Institute for the Blind.
RNIB Web Access Centre
A free online resource centre to help designers and managers create accessible web sites. Also links to consultancy services.
Self Direction Community Project
Providing online disability awareness training.
Standards-schmandards
Weblog about web standards, accessibility and usability.
TechDis Accessibility & Usability Resource
Provides information on the technical and practical aspects of accessibility (including usability issues) and its evaluation, and information on how disabled users access the Internet.
UI Access
Resource for universal interface design and accessibility that provides techniques to support developing and implementing strategies.
Usability First - Accessibility
Includes background information on Accessibility and lists computer related accessibility aids according to types of disability.
UsableAccess.com
Web accessibility and usability resources including articles, news, discussion, and research. Focuses on both theory and practice of user-centered design.
Americans With Disabilities Act Information
The US Dept. of Justice's resource page for the ADA. Voluminous, and not limited to computer and Internet issues, but at least it should be fairly authoritative, if you're willing to wade through the material.
USPS Section 508 Handbook in HTML
Explains the requirements of Section 508 and sets forth, in broad outline, the Postal Service's policies on how to comply with them.
USPS Section 508 Technical Reference Guide in HTML
Technical Reference guide in support of USPS AS-508, detailing techniques and technical approaches to Section 508 and accessibility.
Web Accessibility Initiative
Guidelines and resources from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
Business Benefits of Accessible Web Design
Describes the many business and technical benefits that are realised by applying the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) to Web applications.
WebAIM - Web Accessibility in Mind
Information, training, resources, guidelines and standards for Web accessibility and disability access to the Web.
Web Credible: Accessibility Resources
Offers tips, tricks, tutorials, links and information about Web accessibility, including UK legal requirements.
Webdisabilities.com
Listing of web companies that have been awarded a kite mark for considering the disabled user.
hAccessibility
Article by Bruce Lawson and James Craig, raising accessibility issues with the use of some microformats, and specifically the abbr design pattern.
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